#Breakdancing was one of four new sports along with skateboarding, surfing and sport climbing to get the #Olympic green light on Monday for inclusion at the 2024 Paris Games. The four sports were included as the...
Coronavirus pandemic in the UK: “V-day” as Covid-19 vaccination programme under way
British health authorities rolled out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed #Covid-19 #vaccine Tuesday, starting a global immunization program that is expected to gain momentum as more serums win...
Coronavirus pandemic: Fauci warns of ‘really dark time’ in mid-january amid surge
Anthony #Fauci, the #US government’s top infectious disease expert, said mid January “can be a really dark time for us” if gatherings over the forthcoming holiday season spur even greater spread of the...
Egypt’s Sisi in France: ‘Human rights comes second’ to France’s Macron
#HumanRights clearly “comes second” to French President Emmanuel #Macron when he invites his Egyptian counterpart to France for a state visit. So says Human Rights Watch’s Katia Roux, hitting out...
France ‘far’ off target for lifting Covid lockdown
#France is ‘far’ from its goal of reducing the number of new #Covid-19 infections to under 5,000 a day, the level at which the government has promised to lift a #lockdown, a top health official said Monday...
Vaccine-day, Brexit bashing, and Panda-the-Pooh
IN THE PRESS – Tuesday, 08.12.2020:We take a look at celebrations in the UK, as it rolls out its first Coronavirus vaccines, and lamenting in France, as it faces the potential of a continued lockdown. We also discuss...
Unconditional support? Macron reluctant to call out Egypt’s Sisi on human rights
The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is currently on a three-day visit to France, underscoring the close alliance between Cairo and Paris. The Egyptian leader says both nations wish to push their strategic...